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Hangzhou. Para shooter Siddharth Babu won gold in the mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 event at the ongoing Para Asian Games 2023 on Thursday (October 26) with a record total of 247.7. Earlier in the day, Babu, who qualified for the final with 620.3 points, won the yellow metal by defeating China’s Dong Chao. He broke the qualifying record. Chao won the silver medal in the final with a total of 247.5 points, while Abdullah Alairani of the United Arab Emirates won the bronze medal with a total of 226.6 points.
Babu’s compatriot Avni Lekhra, who won gold in the R2 – Women’s 10m AR Stand SH1 event, finished eighth in the Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 event with a total score of 119.6. It was the fourth medal in shooting at the Hangzhou 2022 Para Asian Games.
Rudransh Khandelwal won two silver medals
One in the men’s 10m air pistol SH1 event and one in the men’s 50m air pistol SH1 event, while Manish Narwal and Rubina Francis also won silver in the men’s 10m air pistol SH1 event and the women’s air pistol 50m air pistol SH1. won medals SH1 event respectively. Won a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol SH1 event.
🔫SIDHARTHA BABU CLINCHES GOLD WITH NEW GAMES RECORD
Superb performance by Sidhartha Babu as he wins 🥇 in Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH 1 event with a new GAMES RECORD OF 247.7 points in finals
Avani finished 8th in finals at same event
#16 🥇 FOR 🇮🇳#AsianParaGames2022 pic.twitter.com/uM19fOeeb2
— SPORTS ARENA🇮🇳 (@SportsArena1234) October 26, 2023
India won 70 medals so far
The medals in the mixed 50m rifle prone event took India’s gold tally to 17 and total to 70, including 21 silver and 32 bronze, as the para athletes won three in the opening event on the fourth day of the Games. . Medals Earlier on Thursday (October 26), Indian men’s doubles archers with track athletes Narayan Thakur and Shreansh Trivedi and shot putter Rohit Kumar won bronze medals in their respective events. Shot putter Sachin Sajerao Khilari won the first gold medal of the fourth day. India is currently sixth in the Para Asian Games 2023 medal tally with 70 medals – 17 gold, 21 silver and 32 bronze.
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